Located in the original Bapst Library building on Boston College’s Chestnut Hill campus, the John J. Burns Library offers students, scholars, and the general public opportunities to engage with rare books, special collections, and archives.

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Last Updated: May 04, 2018Views: 327

Several Bibles commonly assigned at BC (New Oxford Annotated Bible, Oxford Study Bible, Catholic Study Bible) are available in Oxford Biblical Studies Online, along with commentaries and other tools for analysis. Bible Gateway is an ad-supported website with lots of Biblical texts and translations.

For scholarly purposes, the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) is the most commonly assigned translation. A popular Catholic choice is the New American Bible Revised Edition (NABRE), and a common Protestant one is the New King James Version (NKJV). You can look for examples of all of these in the library catalog.

If you're looking for something to check out, all versions of the Bible are on the 5th floor on shelves 76 and 77, including Bibles in other languages